fog

brouillard

Nuage épais près du sol qui empêche de bien voir.

En anglais simple : A thick cloud close to the ground that makes it difficult to see.

• Thick fog covered the road.
• The fog lifted before we left home.
• Flights were delayed because of dense fog.

Synonymes : mist

Expressions courantes : thick fog, dense fog, fog lifts

brouillard mental, confusion

État dans lequel on se sent confus et on n’arrive pas à penser clairement.

En anglais simple : A state in which you feel confused and cannot think clearly.

• I spent the morning in a fog.
• Lack of sleep left her in a mental fog.
• The fog in his mind slowly cleared.

Comment l'utiliser : in a fog (After the long flight, I was in a fog.)

Synonymes : confusion, haze

Contraires : clarity

Expressions courantes : in a fog, mental fog, brain fog

buée

Fine couche trouble sur une surface, qui empêche de voir clairement à travers.

En anglais simple : A thin cloudy layer on a surface that makes it hard to see through.

• There was fog on the mirror.
• She wiped the fog from her glasses.
• A layer of fog covered the inside of the window.

Synonymes : mist, condensation

Expressions courantes : fog on glass, fog on something

s’embuer

Se couvrir de minuscules gouttes d’eau qui empêchent de voir clairement à travers une vitre.

En anglais simple : To become covered with tiny drops of water that make glass difficult to see through.

• My glasses fog up in the kitchen.
• The bathroom mirror fogged after my shower.
• Why do the car windows keep fogging up?

Comment l'utiliser : fog up (My glasses fog up when I enter a warm room.)

Synonymes : mist up, steam up

Expressions courantes : fog up, fog over, glasses fog up

couvrir de brouillard, embuer

Recouvrir quelque chose de brouillard ou d’une couche trouble qui gêne la vision.

En anglais simple : To cover something with a cloudy layer or thick cloud near the ground.

• Low clouds fog the valley each evening.
• The spray fogged the glass with a fine film.
• Drifting mist had fogged the view from the hill.

Synonymes : cloud, obscure

Expressions courantes : fog something over, fog a lens

embrouiller, obscurcir

Rendre des pensées, des faits ou une question peu clairs ou difficiles à comprendre.

En anglais simple : To make thoughts, facts, or an issue unclear or difficult to understand.

• Exhaustion can fog your judgment.
• The conflicting reports fogged the issue.
• Strong medication had fogged her memory of that evening.

Synonymes : cloud, confuse, obscure

Contraires : clarify

Expressions courantes : fog the mind, fog someone’s judgment, fog the issue

se couvrir de brouillard

Se couvrir de brouillard ou d’une couche trouble qui réduit la visibilité.

En anglais simple : To become covered by a cloudy layer or by thick cloud near the ground.

• The valley began to fog over.
• Coastal areas can fog over after sunset.
• By dawn, the view had fogged over completely.

Synonymes : cloud over

Expressions courantes : fog over, fog up